Anna-Marie Rooney

Anna-Marie Rooney is the vice president of communications at Gladstone Institutes. She possesses more than 30 years of experience helping leading nonprofit organizations increase their marketing capacity and brand awareness, with an emphasis in the area of scientific and translational research.

Previously, Rooney was vice president of marketing and communications at Scripps Research, where she led a rebranding of the nearly 100-year-old institute that increased its visibility around the world. Before that, she was chief communications officer at the Salk Institute, where she oversaw all communications and media relations and earned a number of industry awards for print and digital marketing. Earlier in her career, Rooney served as vice president of marketing and external affairs for the San Diego Foundation.

Rooney is a member of the Public Relations Society of America, the American Marketing Association, and Athena. A Colorado native, she earned her degree in communications with an emphasis on marketing and public speaking from the University of Denver.